Ekko with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Ekko and Cho'Gath
based on 3,333 Ekko with Cho'Gath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
Best Ekko vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Cho'Gath
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Advice to Understand How Cho'Gath Will Play
Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
Ekko Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Cho'Gath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cho'Gath, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ekko sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cho'Gath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Cho'Gath helps Ekko perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko tries to synergize with Cho'Gath, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Cho'Gath does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played with Cho'Gath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Cho'Gath.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Cho'Gath on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Cho'Gath does a poor job of covering Ekko in teamfights.
Synergies between Ekko and Cho'Gath
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no ideal synergy for Ekko that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Cho'Gath is a very typical companion for Ekko. By locking into the same team as Ekko, he decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 50.7%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Ekko and Cho'Gath that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Cho'Gath has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be very careful when arranging Cho'Gath comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Ekko and Cho'Gath together, you probably will not be providing your other allies very much AD. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Cho'Gath ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to work well with Cho'Gath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Ekko and Cho'Gath synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Cho'Gath than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 50.7% helping carry Cho'Gath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% win rate overall.
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